Diplo

Shaquille O’Neal retired from the NBA 13 years ago, but he’s never lost his competitive spirit. When he’s asked about becoming the second player in NBA history to have three retired jerseys, he asks, “Who’s first?” When he speaks about coming back to the hip-hop music scene, he commands: “I have to make sure they say, ‘Shaq is the best rapper/athlete ever.’” His competitive nature is also the reason why he’s returning with his wild and epic pre-Super Bowl party Shaq’s Fun House, which is in its…

Suki Waterhouse channels Edith Piaf in the video for “OMG,” her shimmery new single. The singer, model, and Daisy Jones & the Six actress had teased the new song on social media for days, finally releasing it. “It’s really, really the best way to start my year,” she tells Rolling Stone, on a call from Los Angeles. “I’ve been holding onto it for a while.” The track, co-written with Natalie Findlay, is a synthy, sleazy rocker with the kind of anthemic chorus that will be in your head for days. It’s a chorus…

A police report with the Los Angeles Police Department was filed against Diplo in August by a woman accusing him of distributing nude photographs of her without her consent, Pitchfork reports. According to the outlet, the LAPD submitted her case to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office in November, and it is under review. The woman, identified as Shelly Auguste, has been entangled in a legal battle with the artist since 2020, and previously claimed Diplo (real name Thomas Wesley Pentz) recorded and distributed…

Diplo has written and produced hits for everyone from Beyoncé to Justin Bieber, Madonna to Britney Spears. That’s in addition to releasing chart-topping music under his own name and through an ever-growing list of collaborative projects with names like Major Lazer, Jack Ü, Silk City and LSD. But for his next sonic adventure, Diplo, 44, dons a stetson and returns to the rustic landscape of his 2020 release, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley, Chapter 1: Snake Oil. The sequel, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley:…

Diplo’s alter-ego Thomas Wesley is back with new track ‘Use Me (Brutal Hearts)’.For the song, Diplo has teamed up with singer and actress Dove Cameron and Country star Sturgill Simpson, who performs under the name Johnny Blue Skies. The video features Sean Penn who plays Johnny Blue Skies, alongside Diplo and Cameron who also appear.‘Use Me (Brutal Hearts)’ is taken from ‘Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2 — Swamp Savant’, Diplo’s forthcoming country project set for release on 28th April 28th.Diplo shares: “To…

Earlier this month, Beyoncé’s latest album, Renaissance, won Best Dance/Electronic Music Album at the 2023 Grammy Awards. As the pop star took the stage to accept the award, cameras captured Diplo yelling a few words to a person seated next to him. Some internet lip readers believed the producer said something to the effect of, “They bought that.”However, Diplo has denied throwing any shade at Beyoncé. The producer, who previously clarified that what he actually said was, “I’m glad to be part of this,” recently DM’d…

On Sunday American DJ Diplo set the stage on fire with his powerful performance but what also caught everyone’s eye was how Diplo wore a black t-shirt with Aishwarya Rai’s name and picture printed on it. DJ Diplo gave a fantastic and powerful 90-minute performance on the final day of the global musical festival Lollapalooza in Mumbai. The two-day music global festival Lollapalooza kickstarted on Saturday and several artists like Imagine Dragons, AP Dhillon, and others took over the stage with their fantastic…

Diplo’s latest song, per the producer and DJ’s own words, marks “the next chapter of Thomas Wesley.”The track, titled “Wasted,” sees Diplo enlisting Kodak Black and Koe Wetzel for a rumination on the ups and downs of intoxication atop a foundation that’s equal parts rock and country.According to Diplo, the song began during sessions in Miami with Kodak, specifically an iPhone recording of him singing what became “Wasted” while he “batted a beat on his chest.” From there, Diplo says he built the beat out from that iPhone…

Diplo has secured a big win. According to TMZ, an arbitrator has awarded the Grammy winner more than $1 million in his highly publicized legal battle with Shelly Auguste. The woman filed a temporary restraining order against Diplo—legal name Thomas Wesley Pentz—in 2020, just months after she and the DJ ended their romantic relationship. Auguste accused Diplo of “serious misconduct,” including the distribution of revenge porn and coercing her into sex. Auguste’s claims were detailed in a 2021 sexual battery lawsuit, which…

Diplo and Swae Lee are set to take the stage at the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards for the first live televised performance of Elvis soundtrack single “Tupelo Shuffle.” The track, from the forthcoming Baz Luhrmann film about the King of Rock and Roll in theaters June 24, also features Elvis cast members Austin Butler, who plays Elvis Presley himself, and Gary Clark Jr., who plays Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup in the film. The film also stars Tom Hanks as “Colonel” Tom Parker. Like Presley, Diplo and Swae…